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WANTED.

WANTED-Partie to know that MRS. DIR.
w SHERMAN has taken rooms at 1876 Free
St, near Congress Square. Outgrowing Joints and
Nails treated in skilful manner. Her rooms
will be open for Ladies and Gentlemen. IL
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n a RINE NEWS.
OF PORTLAND

SATURDAY, Oct. l.
Arrived.
Steamer Cumberland, Thompson, st John, NIB,
via Eastport for Boston.
Brig Akbar, Holmes, Philadelphia-coal to Sar-
gent, Dennison & Co.
Sch Yale, Simpson, Newport News.
Sch Cook Borden, Lunt. New YorR-spillng to
q Ry Co.
Cleared.
Steamship Winthrop, Bragg. New York; b
Coyle.
Sch Aradne, Colby, Trinity, (Martlniquel-J Il
Sch Uranus, Peters, Hilsboro. NB-J S Wins
low & Co.
Sch Chandler, tBr) Dorchester, NB-master
SUNDAY, Oct. 2.
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REMOVAL.

WE have this day removed from As Free street
w to Nos and 2 Central Wharf (store lately
occupied by Foss, Deerng q Baker, where we
shall continue the wholesale Grocery aud Flour
business. Wholesale agents for Pillsbury's best
Flour in 1-8 Dbl. bags
October /, 1887. O. A. WESION q 20.
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Police Notice.

VlHE regular monthly meeting of the Police Ex
Il amining board will be held at the Common
Council room in the City Building, on TUESDAY
EVENING, Oct. 4, 1887, at 7.3O
FRANK w. ROBINSON, Chairman;
sep29 dtd
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LADIES !!

Do your own Dyeing, at home, with Peerless Dyes.
They will dye everything. They are sold every
where. Price Zoe. package-4O colors. They
have no equal for Strength, Brightness, Amount
in packages or for Fastness of Color, or non-fad,
ing Qualities. They do not crock or smut. For
sale by ID. w. Heseltine q Co., Druggists, corner
Congress and Myrtle streets; N. G.. Nichols, Drug
gist 1877 Congress, corner Grove street; e. w.
Stevens, Druggist, corner Congress and Paris
gress and Washington streets; I. j. l. ooney
Druggist corner Middle and Franklin streets ID.
5. Banks, Druggist, junction Congress and Free
Streets; T. b. Pollard, Druggist, PIP Danforth
street; Cook, Everett & Pencil John w. Perkins
g. Co, and.H. IL. Hay & Son, Portland. Maine.
1ly11 cody
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FARM FOR SALE.

NNHE homestead of the late Captain Thomas
Il Morse, in Gray, Maine; house new and mod
ern; commOdious barn and out buildings, all in
good condition; three minutes walk from post Of
fee and Maine Central II. r. Station; the farm
contains about 100 acres, nearly equally divided
between wood. pasture and tillage; all excellent
for hay and farm crops; would make splendid
doing business in the city.
The many trains each way on the Maine Central
II. II. give rapid ndfrequent communication with
Lewiston, Auburn and Portland, and all points
east and west.
For particulars and terms inquire Of
ARA CUsHMAN, Auburn, Me-,
or on the nremiSas aup2oeod2rwtf
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w medium sized house suitable for small
family; man and wife for or months, from
city, or near High ST., preferred. n s. GARDI-
NER 40 Exchange st. 2T-1
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Two Houses For Sale Eessenden
street, OaIsdale, Deering.

ONE of said houses contains fifteen rooms and
" bath room. is steam heated; piped for hot
and cold water and has a commodlous and extra
finished stable connected. The other contains
nine rooms and in arrangement and style of finish
is peculiarly attractive.
Said houses are within one mile of Market
Square, Portland, and convenient to the horse cars
and are among the most desirable houses on
Deering Land Company's property.
Also for sale one hundred or more house lots
Prices low; terms reasonable. Enquire of
ROLLINS s. ADAMS, No. % Exchange St., or
+. Q. BAILEY & CO., No. IS Exchange St., Port
land. ie2Idtf
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"Garsong bringezmoi cup Of tea of the ct
deqx biscuits and sponge cake pour. ma petite
pas?"
MATS oul, madame, but speaker very well
Eengleesh."
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Arrived.

Sch Bessie E Crane, (Br) Crane, Parrsboro, Ms.
coal to g L Ry Co.
Sch Ralph X Grant, Grant, Rockland-lime to
Z S Chase.
Sch Snow Squall, Lowell, Bangor.
Sch Geo w Cushing, shore, with Is, 900 lbs fish.
sen Young Sultan, shore, with 20 900 lbs fish.
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SACO, Oct lar, schs j Holden, Look and
B + Neatly, Oliver, Philadelphia; Edw Lameyer,
Cid, sch Jonathan Sawyer. Reynolds, for Phila-
delds
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TRY ONE BOTTLE. 1T WILL DO you GOOD.
Send QUAKER MEDICINE CO., Providence L. for Circular and Cards.

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More cases OF sick headache, billousness, con-
stipation &C., can be cured in less time, with less
medicine, and for less money, by using Carriers
Little Liver Pills, than by any other means.
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WANTED good druggist TO buy drug
w store stock and fixtures long established
and doing good business; not twenty miles from
Bangor; only store in town; to be sold at once (;
terms cash. Address II. H., care j. w. Perkins
& Co., Portland, Me. 30-4
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Foreign Ports.

Aug 25, lat "a N, Ion So, barque W w Grape,
Hardy from Philadelphia for Hiogo.
Aug %, lat s. 5, lou "a, ship Reaper, Bosworth,
from Cardiff for Acapulco.
Sept z, lat AZ N, Ion 90. barque Virginia, Petit
grew from Montreal for Buenos Ayres.
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eoston produce Marke..

Total cash in the Treasury, as
shown by Treasurers general
account. .....,.... go. s47s,S96,5 l
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Reeeived daily, by private wire, hY II. PINK
hafa, broker. 8 Exchange street. Porland. Ne:
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
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RumfOrd Falls & Buckfield Railroad
summer a rrangement-In Effect June q,
1851.

Leave Portland, via g. T. Railway, ITO a. m. I;
Lewiston 500; Mechanic Falls linked rant
s.45 arriving at w. MinOt Dos; 4. Hebron $50;
Buckheld 9.45; Z. Sumner 1885, Hartford
1880 Canton Ills.
Leave Portland 1870 p. M; Lewiston 400,
Mechanic Falls 3.15j arriving Al w. MnOt $50;
T. Hebron $40; Buckheld $50; 4. Sumner 4.Oe;
Hartford 4.12; Canton 4.27; Gnbertylle ass p.
m.
RETURNING,-Leave Canton $50, 9.15 a. M;
arriving at Portland 1926 a. M, H. 90 D. m.
On Saturdays only, a third train leaves canton
2.45 .. MI Buckiield 3.25; arriving at Lewiston
5.1Oi Portland 5.45 p. m; returning on arriya
OF train leaving Boston 100, and Portland
5,37 p. m. Excursion tickets will be sold be-
tween Portland, Lewiston and Stations on X. II. &
B., good 70 return same day or Monday. by leav-
ing Portland at 40 a. m. several hours can be
spent in Oxford Comfy and return same day; or
2 trip taken up the Androscoggin Valley TO Rum
ford Falls returning Monday.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
DAILY-From w. Mnot $50 p. m. for Hebron
Academy; Buckfield $50 p. m. for W. sumner
and Turner; Canton APT p. m. arriving at Peru
$40; Dixneld 500; Mexico 100 p. M; also for
Brettun's Mills, LivermOre. Returning, leave
Mexico 600, Dfxdeld 100 a. m arriving At Port
land 1905 p. m. l.. l.. LINCOLN,Supt.
X. c. BRADFORD. G. I. A. iun3dtf
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,-Aurond Rece,prs.

PORTLAND. Oct. /, sS7
Received u Maine Contra. Naroad. For Port
and 5lcars mlsceilane d.s. merca andiss; Tor ca
urclms roads Io2 cars miscellaneous aerch
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PORTLAND, MT. DESERT G MACHAS STEAM
BOAT co.

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
the Steamer City of Richmond, Capt. VIM. Il.
Dennis0n, weather permitting, Will make tive
round trips per week on the route between Port
land, Bar HarbOr and MaehiaspOrt, via usual
landings, leaving Portland at IL p m. every Tues
day and Friday, and MachiaspOrt at 400 a. m.
every Monday and Thursday.
PAYSON TUCKER, General Manager.
F.E.B cOTHBY, Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agt.
PORTLAND, Sept. 5. 1887. sep6dti
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BOSTON AND MAINE r. !

BOSTON AND MAINE ". n
PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE,
I'm effect sept. A., 1851.
WESTERN DIVISION.
TRAINS LEAVE PORTLAND
sor Boston at 1870, $40 a. m, sl2.ss.
$50, a. M, 100, 400 and 600 D. N. FoI
scarbero beach, Pine Point, 7.3O. $40
a M, $50, 1000, 6.15 p. M Orchard Beach,
saeO, Biddeford and Keuncbunk,7 Y. 80. $40
q. M, 12.3S, $50, 1000, $50, 6.l5 p. N. Wells
North Berwick, Great Fails, DoVei 7.3O,
$40 a. m, ~. 3S, 800 1900, $50 y. m. Exeter,
Haverhiii Lawrence, Loweli,7 80, $40 am.
1888, $50, $50 .. m. Rochester, Warming.
N. WolTborO and Centsr Mnrbor, $40 a. M,
manehes.sr and Concord wa Lawrence $40
4. m, (via Newmarket Juncti0n) $50 .. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS
tar sse.ion and principal way stations ti.OO,
1880 pm.
iRuns to scarboro Crossing Cyia East Div.)
EASTERN DIVISION.
For BO.ion at 200, a. m, daily 1900 a. m
500. TOGO p. m, Returning, leave Boston 100,
o. a. M. 1880 y. m. (s.7. 90 p. m daily. hid
dcford, Portsmouth,, NewburypoEt, salem
Aaaes6ury 9.oOa. m, .0O, 900 pm. Pullman cars
iConnects with Rail Lines ,r New YORK, soutl
and West.
sConnects with Sound Lines for New York.
.sWest DiyisiOn-N0rth Berwick 10 Scarbo
Crossing Sundays.
Through Tickets to all points West and South
for sale at Portland Station Ticket Omee and
at Union Ticket Once, 90 Exchange street
JAS. 7. FUkBEk, Gen'l Manager
ID. 3. FLANDERS, Gen. P. 8 I. A
M. l.. WILLIAMS, Gent Agent,
sep12dn Portland
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} to-day's quotations OF Govern

The following quotations of stocks are received
daily by Puen, Croker & Co., Exchange street
Portland, Me-;
Oct l. Sept. 80
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LOST AND FOUND,
BOARD.
ROOMS.

ITO LET-With board, one large front room,
Il up one flight; also table boarders wanted
100 DANFORTH STREET. IL
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SUNDAY TIME TABLE.

Leave for Peaks, Little Diamond. Great Ola
mond, Evergreen or Trefethen's 1890 am, 2.15.
$50 p. m; Returning. leave Peaks IL AS a. m. (;
1856, 5.15 p. M; Little Diamond 80 am. 3 80,
4.45 d. M. Great Diamond IL 80 a. m. g. 20 A so
pm. Evergreen or Trefethen's IL 20 a. IN; 500
4.55 p. m. Leave Portland for Long Island 1890
a. m; 2.15 p. M; returnin &, leave Long Island
11.15 a. M; STOP. m. All trips TO Trefethen's
will be omitted at low water sep3Odtf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-02-16
FOREIGN.

The French Chamber of Deputies
for by the War and Navy Departments.
England has practically decided to
adopt The Lee American rifle for her army
Acting on his physicians advice, Mr..
Parnell will g. abroad to recruit his health
The Prime Minister of Italy has an
nounced the resignation of the entire cab
met
A socialistic meeting in brewery at
Stettin Germany, was dispersed by troops
The hall was wrecked, and several persons
were wounded with bayonets.
Ten thousand socialists assembled at
Clerkenwell, London, to celebrate the riots of
Feb. S, 1856 Some incendiary speeches were
made, after which the mob dispersed in three
different directions One contingent armed
with paving stones, went toward the city,
smashing house and shop windows on the way
and looting a butchers shop. A detachment
of police met the rioters at Newgate and dis
persed them. Several rioters were arrested
The Berlin Nachrichten says it has
authentic information that General Boulanger
is preparing to move the French troops to the
German frontier, and gives the details of the
order, which, owing to the urgent representa-
tons of his colleagues, General Boulanger
has postponed issuing until Feb. 81.
German agents are busily engaged
in purchasing horse in England
The British High Commissioner to
Egypt has submitted TO the Porte proposal
to neutralizc Egypt
Mr.. Goschen, Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, has been elected to the British Par
lament for st Georges, Hanover Square, by
| a majority of over 1850
The Paris correspondent of the Ber-
lin Post writes that the former opponents OF
| General Boulanger are turning toward him as
to the rising sun, being unable to struggle
| against the popularity of the man who is re-
| garded by the masses as the long-expected
liberator The correspondent adds that the
whole country is anxious for revenge, and is
arming with the belief that the hour is COM
| ing.
DR.. Holub, the African explorer, his
wife, and the entire party accompanying him.
have been massacrei by natives in the interior
OF the dark continent
Egyptian securities rose 2 per cent.
in London on the rumor that British pro-
tectorate was to b, established over that
| country
Mrs. Henry Wood, the English nov
in Worcestershire in 1929. and inherited
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deputies 10 preserve order Owing to a diff
ference OF opinion with the superintendent the
employees OF the South Boston Horse Railroad
struck in body
Strikers at Boston tied up the Cam
bridge horse railroad OH demand for ten
hours work instead of twelve. Moody Mer-
rill, the largest owner Of street railway stock
in Boston, declares his belief that the earn
ings of companies increase in proportion to
the wages paid.
About fifteen hundred silk-dyers at
Paterson, N. j., struck for 81 per week addi-
tional pay and half-holiday.
Four hundred ore miners struck at
Champion, Mich, demanding the removal Of
Captain John Sampson and his brother
There is much dissatisfaction in the district
and other strikes are impending.
A New York special says: Except
for the number of 'longshoremen standing
idle on the corners, the streets on the river
fronts have assumed almost their normal APP
pearance Though it requires larger num-
Der of men to do the work now than formerly,
the steamboat and railroad pier managers all
claim that business is as good as before the
strike, and that freight is being moved with
the utmost facility"
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Valuable Jewels.

One of the most perfect brilliants is the
celebrated Pitt, or Regent, which is among
the French crown jewels. 1t weighs 1861
carats. 1t once ornamented the sword of
Napoleon l. Before it was cut it weighed
40 carats.
The Florentine diamond, among the
crown jewels of the Emperor of Austria,
weighs 139t carats. 1t is of pure water,
of beautiful color, and, notwithstanding its
color is somewhat of citron tint, it is
valued at S525,000.
The Sancy diamond weighs 53i carats
and came from India about the fifteenth
century. II was sold by Napoleon to the
Emperor of Russia for 1876, 600.
The Star of the South is the largest dia-
mond found in Brazil, and weighs 254
carats. 1t is brilliant of the purest wa
ter.
The Pasha of Egypt is cut on eight sides,
weighs 40 carats, and cost Sl40.00O.
The Pigott diamond, brought from India
by Lord Pigott, weighs S2l carats. In 1901
it was sold in lottery for $4,000.
The Nassac, formerly in the possession
of the East India Company, weighed 500
carats; but since Lord Westminster had it
cut anew it weighs only 7Ss carats. Its
value is about S150,0e0.
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SOUTHERN.

Henry l.. Lazarus, Judge of the
Civil District Court of the Parish of Orleans,
has been declared by the Supreme Court of
Louisiana guilty of malfeasance and gross
misconduct in Office.
A negro man, working on planta-
ton near Greenville, South Carolina, has just
learned that he was set free by Abraham Lin
coin.
In Green County, Kentucky, the
body of John Keith was found wrapped in a
horse. 1t is supposed that he was murdered
and his body concealed there by the muir
deIer. Keith was a brother-in-law of William
Despair He had been missing for several
days, but no search had been made for him,
his friends supposing that he was away on a
visit, until dog belonging TO William De-
spain came into the house carrying something
in his mouth, which, when examined, proved
to be the hand of man Mr.. Despair tracked
the dog to the carcass Of an old horse, and
was Mortified to find the body of his brother
in-law therein, half eaten up by dogs. The
mystery connected with the affair will prob
ably never be solved.
Thirty-one persons were indicted for
gambling at New Orleans last week, including
Parker Harrison, Charles Bush, and Alex.
Brewster, who are well known to the sporting
fraternity throughout the country.
The cotton crops estimated at 6, &c.
a haI.
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le American Agricultural and Dairy

The American Agricultural and Dairy
Association held its eighth annual convention
at New York. The Wisconsin Dairymen's
Association held its fifteenth annual conven-
ton at Sparta, Wis
The Cosgrove Brewing Company, of
Canada, has failed, with liabilities of 100000
Beach has accepted Hanlon's chal-
lenge to row on the Nepeau River, Australia.
A delegation of prominent Mormons
have gone to Washington to lobby against the
Edmunds- Tucker bill
An English syndicate will open up
ten farms of 1000 acres each in Northwest
Territory
The ninth International Medical Con-
gress is to meet in Washington next Septem-
Der, the Senate having appropriated s35, 900
for its EXPENSE
The volcano Mauna Loa, on the
Sandwich Islands, commenced active erup-
tons on January 10.
Great damage was done in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia by the gale
last week. A number of buildings at Wheel
ing were unroofed Several buildings were
NTeckeu aJ hOosteT, oflo Inc splIe Vi lHe
Lutheran Church was blown through the roof
of the new Methodist The loss will be heavy.
The Lutheran Church and many dwell
ings at Greensburg, Pa, were wrecked.
The Third Presbyterian Church at Wheeling,
w. Va, was unroofed, and the Mound City
Hotel at Moundsvlle w. Va, was partially de-
stroyed At Louisville, O., the cyclone I'M
rooted the Catholic Church and convent and
many houses, and leveled trees and fences.
No lives were lost, but the citizens were panic
stricken. Four Hungarians were killed at
Tyrone, Pa, by the falling of tree under
which they had taken shelter.
The officials of British Columbia re-
port marked decrease in the arrival of Chi
namen, owing to the imposition of $50 head
MONEY!
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The Way IL Works.

"Amos, here is q hammer and keg
of nails. L wish you, every time you
do wrong thing, to drive one of these
nails in the post"
well, father, / will" said Amos.
After awhile Amos came to his father
and said:
Il have used all the nails; the keg is
empty"
His father went to the spot and found
the post black with nails. Amos, said
he, shave you done something wrong
for each of these nails?"
"Yes, SIR said the boy.
Amos" said the father, sorrowfullv,
"will you turn about and try to be
good boy?"
amos thought for moment and
then said:
Father, I'll try"
very well, said the father. Now
take the hammer, and every time you
do good act or resist a wrong one,
draw out nail and put it into the keg
again.
After some time the boy came to his
father and said:
Come, father, and see the key again.
have pulled out nail for every good
act, and now the keg is full again."
IL am glad, my SON, said the father,
"but see, the marks of the nails re-
main
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POLITICAL.

The bill granting suffrage to women,
passed by the Washington Territory Legisla-
ture in 1881, has been declared unconstitutional
by the Territorial supreme Court
The Legislature of New Mexico has
passed an act providing for the strict quaran-
tine of stock from other States and Territories
Henry Clay Dean, a noted Demo
crate campaigner, formerly of Iowa, died in
Putnam County, Missouri, last week
A bill to punish strikers who inter-
fere with the lawful employment of other per-
sons by fine of $500 and imprisonment for
six months passed the Texas Senate with only
three dissenting votes.
The Sunday law passed by the
last Louisiana Legislature has been declared
constitutional by the Supreme Court of that
State
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature of Wisconsin to tax the capital
stock of mining corporations 81 per $1,000,
and giving swollen concerns until June to re-
duce their figures TO a taxpayng basis.
The Senatorial deadlocks in New
Jersey and West Virginia continue, there be-
ing little change in the ballots
A bill to prohibit convict labor after
the expiration of the present contracts has
been introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly
Both houses of the Nevada Legisla-
ture have passed bill to disfranchise Nor
mons.
The Minnesota House has passed the
high-license BILL and it Is probable that the
Governor will approve of it
The Ohio Senate unanimously
adopted a resolution Offering $4,000 reward
for the arrest of the Ravenna outlaws, but the
House defeated it.
A bill has been introduced in the Hi
nois Legislature to prohibit dealings in futures
i'll stocks, grain, or provisions.
The Murray bill amending the Pro-
hibitory law has passed the lower branch of
the Kansas Leg stature.
The Pennsylvania House has passed
a JOINT resolution for submission 10 the people
of prohibitory amendment
The resolution for the submission of
prohibition amendment to the people has
been signed by the Governor of Pennsylvania
The upper branch of the Dakota
Legislature defeated by an emphatic majority
bill giving incorporated cities exclusive con-
troll of the liquor traffic within their limits
The same body passed local opt on law The
friends of the bill sly its passage by the House
is assured
A bill to prevent pooling BY grain
dealers has passed the Nebraska Senate.
The Alabama Legislature has adopt
ed joint resolution urging the Congressional
delegation TO vote for the Blair G lucational
bill
A bill to prohibit boycotts and at
taching penalty for the violation of the law,
if adopted, of five years in the penitentiary or
fine of 81, 600, or both, has been introduced
IN the Illinois Legislature.
A committee of architects appointed
by the Mime sofa House to investigate the
condition of the Capitol reported that the roof
is liable TO fall in at any moment. An adj
journment to Market Hall was Immediately
advised